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This is so stupid. It's not like USA has never bought territory from other nations. Alaska, the Louisiana purchase. We've even bought territory from Denmark fo

This is so stupid. It's not like USA has never bought territory from other nations. Alaska, the Louisiana purchase. We've even bought territory from Denmark for FUCKS sakes. > Denmark sold the Danish Virgin Islands to the United States for $25 million in gold.

ryanlol 7y ago
I find it so weird that so many people seem to find the idea of buying Greenland to be somehow outrageous. It’s a horribly depressing island with like 50k people, the US could easily hand everyone a million bucks and a passport.
- jarfil 7y ago
  It's kind of outrageous in the sense that the value of the resources that could be pulled out of it is many times higher than anything the US is willing to offer, and Denmark knows that.
- Arnt 7y ago
  That's right, you could have said, "hey greenlanders, if you'll join the US we'll give each of you a million dollars and a passport". But that's not what you did and you're judged for what you actually did, not for what you hypothetically could.
  - ryanlol 7y ago
    Who's "you"? The US? Not me, anyway. >judged for what you actually did Which is what exactly? I don't think they actually got around to doing anything before it was leaked that they were discussing the idea.
moksly 7y ago
It’s true that’s America bought the Virgin Islands of us, but it was mainly because the offer at the time looked like this: “You can sell us the Virgin Islands for money, or we can take the Virgins Islands from you for free.” America has actually offered to buy Greenland of us before, at one point offering us part of Alaska as a trade. The thing is though, Greenland isn’t ours to sell. It’s not Denmark, it’s part of something we call rigsfælleskabet, and in there lies a clause stating that Greenland can become its own nation when it’s ready to do so.
- hollerith 7y ago
  >or we can take the Virgins Islands from you OK, but that was during the First World War, and the US had a legitimate fear that Germany would seize the islands for a submarine base. Also the Danish public approved the sale in a referendum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Danish_West_Indian_Islands_sale_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Danish_West_Indian_Island...
  - moksly 7y ago
    > OK, but that was during the First World War That was kind of my point though. The guy I was replying to was using this particular sale to justify why selling Greenland in 2019 wouldn’t be ridiculous.

ryanlol 7y ago

I find it so weird that so many people seem to find the idea of buying Greenland to be somehow outrageous. It’s a horribly depressing island with like 50k people, the US could easily hand everyone a million bucks and a passport.

jarfil 7y ago
It's kind of outrageous in the sense that the value of the resources that could be pulled out of it is many times higher than anything the US is willing to offer, and Denmark knows that.
Arnt 7y ago
That's right, you could have said, "hey greenlanders, if you'll join the US we'll give each of you a million dollars and a passport". But that's not what you did and you're judged for what you actually did, not for what you hypothetically could.
- ryanlol 7y ago
  Who's "you"? The US? Not me, anyway. >judged for what you actually did Which is what exactly? I don't think they actually got around to doing anything before it was leaked that they were discussing the idea.

moksly 7y ago

It’s true that’s America bought the Virgin Islands of us, but it was mainly because the offer at the time looked like this: “You can sell us the Virgin Islands for money, or we can take the Virgins Islands from you for free.” America has actually offered to buy Greenland of us before, at one point offering us part of Alaska as a trade. The thing is though, Greenland isn’t ours to sell. It’s not Denmark, it’s part of something we call rigsfælleskabet, and in there lies a clause stating that Greenland can become its own nation when it’s ready to do so.

hollerith 7y ago
>or we can take the Virgins Islands from you OK, but that was during the First World War, and the US had a legitimate fear that Germany would seize the islands for a submarine base. Also the Danish public approved the sale in a referendum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Danish_West_Indian_Islands_sale_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Danish_West_Indian_Island...
- moksly 7y ago
  > OK, but that was during the First World War That was kind of my point though. The guy I was replying to was using this particular sale to justify why selling Greenland in 2019 wouldn’t be ridiculous.